Monthly Archives: May 2010

Having recently completed a study in 2 Corinthians, I have made some fresh observations about Paul the apostle. Fresh for me, that is, perhaps not for everyone. You will recognize from the title of this blog that I have attributed … Continue reading →

This is a repeat of a blog from some five years ago. I run it again as a tribute to the Viet Nam era veterans being honored this weekend at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin. The event is LZ … Continue reading →

Last Sunday was Mother’s Day. I said a few appropriate words in my sermon but something kept nagging at me to say more. Something raw and honest. Something which would take motherhood out of the vacuum of idealism and platitudes. … Continue reading →

In Walter Brueggemann’s book, An Unsettling God- The Heart of the Hebrew Bible, he makes the bold point that the God of ancient Israel is “a God in relationship, who is ready and able to make commitments and who is … Continue reading →

…..and
the clear song of a skilled poet telling with mastery of man’s
beginnings, how the
Almighty had made the earth a gleaming plain girdled with waters: in
His splendor
He set the sun and the moon to be earth’s lamplight, lanterns for men,
and filled
the broad lap of the world with branches and leaves; and
quickened life in every other thing that moved."